SAS/CONNECT Spawners

Client Connection to a Spawner

The spawner service must be configured in the client's SERVICES file. Verify that the spawner is configured in the SERVICES file. For details, see Configuring the SERVICES File.
If you use a script when connecting to a spawner, script file processing passes the user ID and password to the server.

However, if you do not use a script file, you can deliver the user ID and password to the server by specifying values for the USERID= and PASSWORD= options in the SIGNON statement.
If you do not use a script file, use the following syntax to connect to the spawner:
```
options comamid=tcp remote=spawner-ID;
signon user=user-ID password=password;
```
Example:
```
options comamid=tcp remote=rmthost.spawn;
signon user=slim password=_prompt_;
```
The COMAMID option specifies the TCP/IP access method, which is used to connect the client to the spawner SPAWN that runs on the UNIX node RMTHOST. If there is no script file, the user ID and password are specified as options in the SIGNON statement. The value _PROMPT_ for PASSWORD causes SAS to prompt for a password at sign-on. The SIGNON statement makes the connection and starts a SAS session on the server.